Car for transporting ore or other material.



wrc. CARR. TRANSPOETING ORE OR OTHER MATERIAL.

CAR FOR APPLICATION FILED DEO.11,1908.

Patented Nov. 30, 3999. 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

5W. 0. CARR. CAR 'FOR TRANSPORTING ORE OR OTHER MATERIAL.

APPLICATION vFILED D30. 11, 190B.

Patented Nov. 30, 1909.

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WILLIAM G. CARE, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

CAR- FQR TRANSPORTING ORE OR OTHER MATERIAL.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov. 30, 1909.

Application filed December 11, 1908. Serial No. 466,999.

-New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cars forTransporting Ore or othecMaterial, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improved car which is chiefly adapted fortransporting ore or other material and the objects of the invention areto simplify the construction of cars of this class and to provide astrong and durable structure.

The invention also relates to certain details of construction which willbe hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings in which an adaptation of the invention is shown.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved car with one end thereofshown in section to disclose the construction. Fig. 2

is an enlarged detach'cdsidc view of a frag" ment of the door carryingthe locking bolt.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detached central section through the connectingrod which couples the bell crank and the lever for releasing the doors.Fig. 4 is an end View of the improved car looking in the direction ofthe arrow V, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section through thecar on line a a, Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section throughthe car body and frame on.

line I) b, Fig. 1, showing the doors open to discharge the load. Fig. 7is an enlarged fragmentary section through the doors on line 0 c, Fig.1, showing the locking device for locking the doors when closed.

In referring to the 'accon'ipanying drawings in detail, likenumerals-designate like parts.

The'car body is composed of two sides 1 and 2, two ends 3 and 4:, abottom in two sections 5 and 6, hinged oppositely to each other to thesides. The sides incline toward each other from the top downward andthe.

ends also incline toward'each other from.

the top downward thereby forming a taperin body, the interior of whichgradually re uces in size from the top toward the bottom. The lowerportions of the ends extend below the sides and have their lower edgesinclined toward each other at a greater angle from the vertical than theside edges of the upper portions of the ends, and said edges of thelower portion of each end meet at a central point. or apex which'formsthe lowest depending point. The bottom sections .5 and tiare hinged tothe lower margin of the sides by strap hinges 7, preferably three innumber, and in o ening swing "transversely from each other rom theposition shown in Fig. 5 to the position shown iii Fig. 6'. The sections5 and 6, when closed, have their inner longitudinal edges lockedtogether and the upper surface of the side margins of their ends fittedagainst the edges of the lower depending portions of the ends of the carbody, as shown in Fig. 5.

The car body is supported within 'a rectangular frame which consists. oftwo longitudinal (side. members 8, two transverse end members 9 whichconnect the ends of the side members, and twosets of supplementary framemembers, each set of which consists of two transversely arranged members10 and 11.. These supplemental frame members 10 and 11 are riveted tothe rectangular frame near its end and are separated suthciently topermit the bolting, thereto of separated projecting brackets 12 whichextend diagonally upward from a casing b1 housing 13 inclosing anelectric motor.

The shaft 14 of each motor constitutes one of the ca axles and has ourwheels 15 attached to its ends.

To lessen the. friction, an anti friction bearing, preferably a rolleror ball bearing, is fitted around each projecting end of the said shaft14, between the casing- 13 and the car wheel 15 and is mounted in aninclosing support 16 which bolted directly to the side of the casing. Inthis way each car axle is supported from the car body by the motorcasing 13 itself, dispensing with all separate brackets, and a very widebearing is also provided owing to the oppositely located anti-frictionbearmgs.

A dished or flanged plate 1.7 isbolted to the bottom of each motorcasing 13 and brackets 18 are bolted to the opposite sides of the platein which vertical current conducting brushes 19 are yieldingly mounted.

The brushes are located vertically beneath the car wheels 15, see Fig.l, and are adapted to take the current from the under-surface of therails on which the wheels travel.

Means are provided for locking the sections of the bottom in closedposition which preferably consist of a locking bar 20 which vicinity ofthe track on which the car travels I and strikes or impinges agalnst apart of 1 plate 21 fastened to the inner margin of one ofthe sectionsand has lateral hooks 22 arranged at intervals, and metal strips 23riveted to the inner margin of the other section of the bottom which fitin slots 24, in the first mentioned section when the sections are closedand have projecting loop ends 2b in which the hooks 22 engage to lockthetwo memberstogether.

Four strips 23 are utilized in the-adaptation shown in the accompanyingdrawings and a like number of hooks 22 are also formed on the lockingbar so that the sections are secured'together very strongly. The lockingbar is retracted to release the sections by mechanism which ispreferably" operated by stationary means located in the said mechanismas the car passes.

A double crank which is pivotally mount-.

ed at an intermediate point on a pivot 26 ex- I tending from a plate 27bolted to'one of the sections of the bottom, has its-lower. end 28projecting-between two lugs 29 and 30, extending-upward from the lockingbar 20 and its upper end universally jointed to one end of a connection.4

A bell crank 31 hasone of its members universally jointed to theopposite end of the connection and its'othe'r member proeach othen 34and'35 which are threaded oppositely to The'socket members 36 and 37 areeach shaped to form one element of a universal ball joint and areprovided with 81(18 openings 38 and 39 through which the ballends 40 and'41 of the doublecrank and the bell crank are fitted into said socketsto form the otherelements of the universal joints.

The doors 5 and 6are li1nited in their opening movement ;by stopsarranged as shown in Figs. 1 and 6, and consisting-ofangular bars 42bolted to the side frame members 8. and depending therefrom. These stops42-are arranged so that the doors 5 and 6 when open, are in substantialaline-' ment wit-h the sides land-2 of the car, so

thatthe whole forms a substantially funnel shaped car from which theloadcan'bc evenly discharged.

The bell crank 31 is maintained in the position it assumes when operatedto release the looking bolt by being forced against the side framemember 8 andfrictionally held. This is accomplished by means of a coiledspring 43 which encirc es the ivoting in 44 of the bell crank and is helthereon etween two washers 45 by a nut 46, see Figs. t'and The purposeof this is to retain the doors are again closed and locked and the carready to receive, another load. The main advantages of this improved carreside principally in the'great strength and simplicity of itsstructure, the construction of the dumping bottom and the ini rovedlocking and releasing mechanism f dr the dumping bottom.

I claimbody having a hinged bottom composed of tions in closed positioncomprising a locking having a series of hooks and metal strips-abinwhich the hooks of the locking bar engage. 2.'In a car of the classdescribed, a car body having a hinged bottom composed of two sectionsand means for locking said sec- .tions in closed p sition including alocking bar and mechanis n 'for retracting said looking barconsisting'of a double crank operatively connected to the looking bar,and a bell crank operatively connected to the double crank. I 3. In acar of the class described, a car body having a hinged bottom composedof two sections and means for locking said sections in closed-positionincluding a locking bar and mechanism for retracting said lock-. ing'barconsisting of a double crank operativcly connected to' the locking bar,a bell crank, and a connection between the double crank and bell crankand universally jointed .to each crank.

4. A car havinga body provided with a ing said sections together, and asystem of universally connected cranks for retracting said lockingmechanism.

hinged sectional bottom, mechanism for lockingsaid sections together,and a system of universally connected cranks for retracting said lockingmechanism, one of which is supported from a stationary part of the carand another of which is so ported from one of the hinged sect-ions of t1e bottom.

(3. In acar of the'class described, a car body having a hinged bottomcomposed of tions in closed position comprising a lockin bar movablysupported from one section an a plurality of elements attached atintervals to the other section having openings in which the locking barengages.

the. locking bolt in retracted position until 1-. In a car of the classdescribed, a carv two sections and meansfor locking said secbarslidablymounted on one section and.

hinged sectionalbottom, mechanism for locko. A car having a. bodyprovided with a two sections and means for locking said sectached to theother section and having loops swung toward each other to close theopening in'the car bottom andmeansfor locking said sections in closedposition including at 1001011 bar supported --from one member andadapted to operatively engage the other member; said locking barhavinglugs and mechanism for retracting said locking bar 7 a crankengaging the lugs of the lock-' having ing bar.

9. In a car of -.the class described, a car body having a hinged bottomcomposed of two sections and means for locking said sec-'- tions inclosed position comprising a lock ing bar slidably mounted inlongitudinal position on the side margin of one section of the bottomand having a series of hooks and a pluralityof loops arranged atintervals on the side margin of the other section in which the hooks ofthe locking bar en- 10. A car having abody provided with a dumpingbottom, mechanism for locking the the lockdumping bottomin closedposition, and re- 35 leasing mechanism for said locking mechanismincluding an element supported from the dumping bottom, anelementsupported from a stationary part of the car body and an extensibleelement connecting said ele- '40 ments.

llaA car having a body provided with a dumping bottom, mechanism forlocking the dumping bottom in closed position, and releasing mechanismfor said locking mechan- 4'5 ism including an element supported from thedumping bottom, an element supported from a stationary part of the carbody and an element connecting said elements; and

consisting of a bar and two socket members 50 each of which is fitted onone end of the base.

12. A car having a body provided with a i dumping bottom, mechanism forlocking the dumping bottom in closed position, and re- 55 leasingmechanism for said locking meohan ism including an element supportedfrom the dumping bottom, an element supported from a stationary part ofthe car body and .an element connecting said elements and 66 consistingof a screw threaded bar and two socket members, each of the socketmembers 'being screwed on one end ofthe bar.-

WILLIAM G. CARR.

Witnesses:

L. M. SANGSTER, GEORGE A. NE'UBAUER.

